Lingering Cough...help!!

Ok so Abby has had this cough since before the 8th of December... Anyways, she still has the cough but today it definitely sounds worse than before. We have been through 2 bottles of cough syrup and are working on the third, and thats with only giving it to her when she really gets coughing. The doctors at the ER said don't even bother to give her cough syrup, when she had a fever, and her reg. doctor won't do antibiotics or anything, which I def. don't want to give it to her unless she really needs it, but I am starting to get very concerned. She has had a slight fever, 99-100 for days at a time, then it would go to 101 or something and come back down a little. They said her lungs sound great, and her ears look good. She has also been very stuffed up and I am constantly wiping her nose (which is now a yellowish-green color). Last winter the doctor told me that it probably isn't a sinus infection or anything and that sometimes people just have mucus that color...

Oh yeah, and she has had that stomach bug twice on top of all of this other stuff..

What do ya'll think? Has anybody else LO kept a cough/cold for this long? And am I just getting overprotective? I just hate seeing my baby girl sick and not to mention people judging me about not taking care of her bc she is still sick...Also if ya'll have any ideas

Just getting a little frustrated and tired...

Ok so Abby has had this cough since before the 8th of December... Anyways, she still has the cough but today it definitely sounds worse than before. We have been through 2 bottles of cough syrup and are working on the third, and thats with only giving it to her when she really gets coughing. The doctors at the ER said don't even bother to give her cough syrup, when she had a fever, and her reg. doctor won't do antibiotics or anything, which I def. don't want to give it to her unless she really needs it, but I am starting to get very concerned. She has had a slight fever, 99-100 for days at a time, then it would go to 101 or something and come back down a little. They said her lungs sound great, and her ears look good. She has also been very stuffed up and I am constantly wiping her nose (which is now a yellowish-green color). Last winter the doctor told me that it probably isn't a sinus infection or anything and that sometimes people just have mucus that color...

Oh yeah, and she has had that stomach bug twice on top of all of this other stuff..

What do ya'll think? Has anybody else LO kept a cough/cold for this long? And am I just getting overprotective? I just hate seeing my baby girl sick and not to mention people judging me about not taking care of her bc she is still sick...Also if ya'll have any ideas

I don't really know. Emily developed the same cough that took my voice, hit DH, my Dad, Mom all at the same time. I took her to the pedi quick (it was the week before Christmas and I didn't want her feeling crappy for the holiday, lol). He did give her an antibiotic but he claimed that she was developing an ear infection so I'm guessing thats the only reason he gave it to her?!

I would maybe give up the cough syrup, they don't really fix anything just mask it. Have you tried using an humidifier or something of the sort with her? I know when I had it, It took me 3 weeks and then almost 2 more weeks of antibiotics before it was completely gone :(Good luck!

I don't really know. Emily developed the same cough that took my voice, hit DH, my Dad, Mom all at the same time. I took her to the pedi quick (it was the week before Christmas and I didn't want her feeling crappy for the holiday, lol). He did give her an antibiotic but he claimed that she was developing an ear infection so I'm guessing thats the only reason he gave it to her?!

I would maybe give up the cough syrup, they don't really fix anything just mask it. Have you tried using an humidifier or something of the sort with her? I know when I had it, It took me 3 weeks and then almost 2 more weeks of antibiotics before it was completely gone :(Good luck!

thx for the reply...i only have a vaporizor, but it just doesn't do a good job, I even tried making a tent-like structure to focus the vapors towards Abby but it didn't help. Her doctor did say to expect kids her age to keep a cold until March...

thx for the reply...i only have a vaporizor, but it just doesn't do a good job, I even tried making a tent-like structure to focus the vapors towards Abby but it didn't help. Her doctor did say to expect kids her age to keep a cold until March...

We are batting something similar here too and it sucks. I really don't know what to do about it other than fever meds when needed and vapor rub. We do have a humidifier going in his room all night which I do think helps some. We dint even do cough syrup so your one up on us. I can't believe your pedi. Said that about remaining sick until March; lovely:(

We are batting something similar here too and it sucks. I really don't know what to do about it other than fever meds when needed and vapor rub. We do have a humidifier going in his room all night which I do think helps some. We dint even do cough syrup so your one up on us. I can't believe your pedi. Said that about remaining sick until March; lovely:(

Yeah I have had times when I just want to walk out of her office for the LAST time ever, but she was good about giving her breathing treatments as soon as she was sounding wheezy last winter, and a few other times. I think she is pretty conservative about giving meds to kids, which can be a good thing, but aggravating at the same time, because it seems like she blames everything on a virus!! NOTHING is ever caused by bacteria... Abby had hives on her hands and feet and a few on her face and belly, after eating something and had no other symptomes like cough or vomiting and the doc said it is probably a virus... I fought against her on that one!!! I made them do an allergy test, after she had been getting hives for a month. I couldn't figure out what she was eating that her body didn't like. Everything they tested came back negative, but she still gets hives...who knows, maybe it was a virus...just seems like a cop out though.

Yeah I have had times when I just want to walk out of her office for the LAST time ever, but she was good about giving her breathing treatments as soon as she was sounding wheezy last winter, and a few other times. I think she is pretty conservative about giving meds to kids, which can be a good thing, but aggravating at the same time, because it seems like she blames everything on a virus!! NOTHING is ever caused by bacteria... Abby had hives on her hands and feet and a few on her face and belly, after eating something and had no other symptomes like cough or vomiting and the doc said it is probably a virus... I fought against her on that one!!! I made them do an allergy test, after she had been getting hives for a month. I couldn't figure out what she was eating that her body didn't like. Everything they tested came back negative, but she still gets hives...who knows, maybe it was a virus...just seems like a cop out though.

I am a little late responding, but I hope she's feeling better now! This sounds like Laiken! This year, in the past 2 weeks she has had the stomach bug twice as well, and she has been snotty and has a nasty cough!

Last fall/winter, Laiken was snotty and had a cough for 7 months, I am not even kidding. We saw a few different doctors about it, until we were finally prescribed 2 different puffers, I think they were called ventalin and flovent. One to open the airways and loosen all the mucous and the other one was a steriod one I believe. Anyways, this ended up finally clearning it up! She went the next 5 months wihtout getting as much as a cold. Of course then it was back to school for me, and back to daycare for her, and cold and flu season, so she has had her fair share of colds and flus but still wayyyyy better than last year!

How is she doing now? Any better? Sorry you're dealing with this, I know how frustrating it can be!

I am a little late responding, but I hope she's feeling better now! This sounds like Laiken! This year, in the past 2 weeks she has had the stomach bug twice as well, and she has been snotty and has a nasty cough!

Last fall/winter, Laiken was snotty and had a cough for 7 months, I am not even kidding. We saw a few different doctors about it, until we were finally prescribed 2 different puffers, I think they were called ventalin and flovent. One to open the airways and loosen all the mucous and the other one was a steriod one I believe. Anyways, this ended up finally clearning it up! She went the next 5 months wihtout getting as much as a cold. Of course then it was back to school for me, and back to daycare for her, and cold and flu season, so she has had her fair share of colds and flus but still wayyyyy better than last year!

How is she doing now? Any better? Sorry you're dealing with this, I know how frustrating it can be!

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